Principal’s Letter

Dear Families, St. John celebrated Unity Day on Wednesday this week. Thank you, Mrs. Halley, Mrs. Rousso and the eighth-grade students. The school was awash in orange shirts, socks, hats, and every imaginable orange accessory!  Eighth graders went into all of the classrooms and taught lessons on kindness, inclusion, and acceptance. Remind your children that … Continue Reading »

This weekend, at the Endowment Dinner, we celebrate Mr. Tice and his very effective teaching. Make sure you have a ticket. The event also supports the St. John Endowment fund. Thanks to the direction and hard work of Michele Thornquist and the support of parents, friends and alumni, the Endowment Fund has grown to $1,100,000. … Continue Reading »

St. John is a hive of activity this week! Literature circles, math and reading centers, science presentations and experiments, service immersion trips, autumnal field trips, all school Mass and learning to live in harmony! The sounds of construction progress are adding to the harmony at times as the jackhammer cuts into the cement on the … Continue Reading »

Over the past week, I have witnessed so much harmony! We ran together in harmony, students, teachers and parents were in harmony cheering on runners, so many parents came together to volunteer and the Jog-a-thon team truly showed us the power of having all of us work together for the good of St. John! Thank … Continue Reading »

As you read this NewsViews, I am at the Principals’ Retreat out at the Seabeck Conference Center. Our topic is Christ in the Classroom. Fr. Ron Nuzzi, from Notre Dame, will lead us in presentations, which we bring back to the schools and then present to the teachers, who will bring it on to the … Continue Reading »

This is a short letter to you as we are saving all the best news for tonight! The school year is well and truly underway. I actually heard students mention the words, “Quiz tomorrow!” Did you know that some of your children may have a quiz tomorrow? At tonight’s Curriculum Night, you will learn about … Continue Reading »

Many of you checked the school Facebook page and noted the smiles and happiness on the first day of school. At our opening prayer service, led very well by eighth graders, Lucy, Claire, Evelyn and Louis, we prayed on our theme of joy, harmony and togetherness. The kindergarten students were in attendance at an all-school … Continue Reading »

This is our theme for the 2018-2019 school year. We are committing to rejoicing in the Lord, and living in harmony with one another. We opened our inservices with a beautiful exercise led by Mrs. Skokan during which we valued the gifts brought by all the members of our community and we experienced the harmony … Continue Reading »